8/17/2010 @ 6:00PM

Jobs In The Legal Marijuana Industry

Pot Jobs

If California’s Proposition 19 legalizing marijuana passes this November, it will reshape the cannabis industry, raising demand for some activities, hurting others and creating new categories of employment. When pot was completely illegal, the money tended to flow in two big directions: criminal growing and sales, and law enforcement/incarceration. The advent of medical marijuana expanded the business to include doctors, so-called compassion clinics and quasi-legal producers. Full legalization will likely mean local regulation and taxation, marketing services and a boost to other hemp-related businesses.